It's true though, how many thing's we've got to be grateful for. Here, I'll slap down ten:
1) You've got the gospel
2) You're healthy
3) You've got an eternal family
4) You've got a full belly - or you're not far from having one
5) You sleep in a house, in a bed.
6) Theres still people checking up on you to see how you are
7) You're free.
8) You've got a lot of fun hobbies
9) You're reading a letter from a missionary
10) You've got a real good-lookin' smile to help make someone's day
I've been thinking about all the many ways my Father in Heaven has been blessing me. When you drop your current situation and look a little further out, we're extremely blessed. I really am grateful for the things that God has given me, and for the thing's he's still got in his basket of blessings to send down to me. It's a real neat thought, but it's true. Think bout them blessing more often!
The week was about the same as it has been in weeks past. We're still working with all the same progressing investigators. . and they are still all progressing but lack the same thing as before. It's a lot like cliff jumping - You talk about doing it.. You want to do it.. You're worried about what it's gonna be like.. But no matter how much you talk about it, or say how fun it's gonna be. It doesn't mean anything unless you actually jump. Just go baby! I know for sure that Francis and Jordana, among others, are gonna get baptized, it's just when.
In church this week we had a handful of people, all of them greatly benefited from the sacramental service, and especially in the Gospel Principles class. This week we talked about modern profets and the importance they have in the true church of God. For Jordana it was exactly what she needed to hear. She's had doubts and is just waiting for a confirmation. But something that does not need confirming is that their kids just looove church. So they take advantage of the free babysitting and learn a truck-load every time they come.
I really wanna just nudge them slowly and help them all go cliff jumping ;)
Also, this week was the week of Carnival. It's a wild thing here in the capital and it goes all week long. Everyone wears florescent body paint or just plain black (don't laugh, they just are more black with the paint on haha) and run around with drums or a real weird instrument called a güira
and'll just cause a rukkus. All the little girls wear dresses with colors from the nations flag. And with murengue playing on every coner, I've gotta say it's really quite a sight. And they even finished the week off with a firework show - and to me I think it was up there with the stadium of fire. I was really impressed!
Other than that, we spent the day in the Conde (in spanish its more like cone day). But it was a fun day, with a little rain, and pizza for lunch. Yum yum. Sorry my letters lately have be lame. I'll see if I can't think a little harder for the next one.
Catch ya later. Love you all!
Elder Tate
foto 1 - fizza day
foto 2 - my new ancient island creatures
foto 3 - say hello to the meat hangers.
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